funeral

Pluralfunerals

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A ceremony where people gather to remember someone who has died.

   Like a goodbye gathering, but a sad and serious one for someone who has died.

   The whole family came to the funeral to say goodbye.

   Hundreds of people attended the funeral of the famous singer.

   Similarburial, interment

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2. 2
   noundatedcountableplural

   A sermon preached at a service for someone who has died.

   Similareulogy, oration

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3. 3
   adjectiverare

   Another spelling of funereal. It is rare and means sad, slow, and serious, like at a funeral.

   All was funeral gloom and hope never whispered its cheering promises there.

   1852, Benson John Lossing, The Pictorial Field-book of the RevolutionHere, funeral means funereal, sad and dark like a funeral.

   The very funeral pageantry disguised behind-the-scenes struggles for control over Sidney's image.

   1998, Lisa M. Klein, The Exemplary Sidney and the Elizabethan Sonneteer

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